Synthetic non-toxic anti-biofilm agents as a strategy in combating bacterial resistance

RM Hassan, MS Abd El-Maksoud, IAY Ghannam… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tremendous increase in the bacterial resistance to the available antibiotics is a serious
problem for the treatment of various infections. Biofilm formation in bacteria significantly …

From Bench to Bedside: What Do We Know about Imidazothiazole Derivatives So Far?

M Guo, X Yu, YZ Zhu, Y Yu - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Imidazothiazole derivatives are becoming increasingly important in therapeutic use due to
their outstanding physiological activities. Recently, applying imidazothiazole as the core …

Azole and 5-nitroimidazole based nanoformulations are potential antiamoebic drug candidates against brain-eating amoebae

N Akbar, K Hussain, M Khalid, R Siddiqui… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aim Herein, the anti-parasitic activity of azoles (fluconazole and itraconazole) and 5-
nitroimdazole (metronidazole) against the brain-eating amoebae: Naegleria fowleri and …

Assessing Acanthamoeba cytotoxicity: comparison of common cell viability assays

A Loufouma Mbouaka, I Lesiak-Markowicz… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background In vitro models for studying interactions between Acanthamoeba and host cells
are crucial for understanding the pathomechanism of Acanthamoeba and assessing …

Privileged Small Molecules against Neglected Tropical Diseases: A perspective from Structure Activity Relationships

JA Shiran, B Kaboudin, N Panahi… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) comprise a diverse set of infections with predominant
incidence in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. In spite of preventive and …

Azole-based compounds as potential anti-Acanthamoeba agents

BQ Saeed, R Hamdy, N Akbar, SE Sajeevan… - RSC Medicinal …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Acanthamoeba castellanii is an opportunistic pathogen with public health implications,
largely due to its invasive nature and non-specific symptoms. Our study focuses on the …

Imidazothiazole derivatives exhibited potent effects against brain-eating amoebae

R Siddiqui, MI El-Gamal, A Boghossian, BQ Saeed… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) is a free-living, unicellular, opportunistic protist responsible for
the fatal central nervous system infection, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) …